Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast

Here at the Original Theme Park Podcast, we love Halloween. We also love good horror movies from the 80's. So, imagine if someone made a throwback horror film that was set in an old, closed down amusement park... Yeah, they'd have our attention. On this week's all new episode, we talk with Cary Hill.  He's the writer and director of a brand new 80's-style horror film - Scream Park. The entire film...

It's fun to visit theme parks any time of the year, but there's something a bit more special about visting them around Halloween. We love Halloween here at the Original Theme Park Podcast!  We love it so much, that this is the first of three shows dedicated to the spookiest time of year. This week's show starts out with a bit of a shocker! You'll have to listen to the first 30-seconds to see what...

Any new listeners to our show might only know it has being hosted by Mike and EB. But back in 2005, the show was hosted by the five guys you see on the right. When the new version of CoasterRadio.com came out in 2009, Mario Flava and Greg had all moved on to other things.  But as a listener said this week, they will always be a part of the show. But over the past year, many listeners (new and old)...

EB and Mike take a look at the animation for "Gatekeeper," the new B&M Wingrider coaster coming to Cedar Point in 2013.

As we get warmed up for Season Seven, here is another "Coaster Commentary" where Mike and EB take a look at "X-Flight"...the new winged coaster at Six Flags Great America. The guys also take a virtual ride on Six Flags Great Adventure's new serpentine water slide "King Cobra."

CoasterRadio.com was recently at the Prince William County Fair in Manassas, Virginia. This is video from the midway!

It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Memorial Day, the unofficial kickoff to summer. Now, Labor Day weekend is upon us and the hot summer will soon turn to the chilly fall. The end of the summer season also means the end of the sixth season of Coaster Radio. To celebrate, we're bring our "in-park" shows to a whole new level. This week, we podcast from not one, but TWO parks. Mike Colli...

Just like Marty McFly returned to 1955 in "Back to the Future: Part II," it's time for a sequel to your favorite "bodacious" radio show! Mike and EB return to the "80's Movie Podcast" for a look at the greatest movies from the greatest decade ever! There's a ton of discussion about favorite 80's flicks like Ghostbusters, Teen Wolf and The Goonies. But we also have interactive games, audience quest...

When you're riding a really good theme park attraction, it's a true treat for the senses. You're being bombarded with visual imagery, scents, tactile sensations and immersive soundtracks. On this week's episode of the Original Theme Park Podcast, we're going isolate one of those senses and focus on what you hear when riding some of the world's best theme park attractions. You'll want to grab a pai...

What makes a roller coaster legendary? There are probably a lot of good answers to that question. But when a roller coaster is dismantled before it has a chance to grow old, odds are is going to be talked about and remembered for a long time. On this week's show, we talk about Kings Island's Son of Beast... a ride that is scheduled to be dismantled to make way for something new. The ride was groun...

As theme park fans, we've all done marathons on our favorite rides when the lines aren't long. Maybe we've been lucky enough to stay on our favorite roller coaster for several laps in a row on a slow day at the park. But most of us haven't had to endure staying on an amusement park ride for more than 24-hours in a row. On this week's show, we'll talk to Robbie Gibson... he's better known as "Robbi...

If you listen to a weekly show about theme parks and roller coasters, it's probably safe to say that you're obsessed. (And we dig that, man!)  But this obsession of yours had to start somewhere. Do you remember your very first ride on a roller coaster? Even if you don't, a bunch of CoasterRadio.com listeners do!  This week, many of them (along with Mike and EB) will tell their stories about the fi...

There are only a few attractions in the world that a true thrill ride aficionado would think twice about riding. One may have just opened in Southern California. Six Flags Magic Mountain just unveiled the world's tallest drop tower ride... Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom. Maxing out at 400 feet with a top speed of 85 mph, this new ride has been making enthusiasts wonder if they have what it takes to ride...

As a bonus to this week's regular episode of CoasterRadio.com, we have produced one of our "Coaster Commentaries!" Yes, we know Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom at Six Flags Magic Mountain isn't a roller coaster, but it's unique and downright scary enough to devote an entire video podcast to it.

Last summer, we sponsored a contest here at CoasterRadio.com where we would give the lucky winner a chance to produce an entire episode of the show.  We were so excited about everyone's ideas... we chose four winners!  Back in February, Tom from Louisville did a great job producing his episode... "The Live Trip Report Show."    This week, the second of those winners is stepping up to the plate to...

We're back with a jam-packed, all-new episode of The Original Theme Park Podcast! This week, we talk about Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's new roller coaster "Superman: Ultimate Flight!" It may last less than 60-seconds, but what it lacks in ride time it makes up for by being unique.  The new ride includes multi-directional launches, several non-inverting loops and a barrel-roll at 150 feet in the a...

Among the many topics n this week's show, is the new roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Northern California... Superman: Ultimate Flight. This is really one of the strangest and most interesting looking roller coasters that we've seen in the last decade. As a bonus to this week's episode, Mike and EB watch video of the new coaster and comment on everything including the layout, restr...

We have a lot of traditions here at CoasterRadio.com. But one of our favorites happens every year at this time. Back in 2005, we shot off Fireworks during the show to celebrate America's Independance Day. Flava got the microphone as close to the sparks and flames as he could... and a tradition was born. Every year since, we have marked America's Birthday with this colorful (and very loud) traditio...

Summertime is heating up and so is the Original Theme Park Podcast! We bring back an old favorite this week! You see, EB and Mike have a long list of popular Amusement Industry topics for 2012. It's their job to go through the list and decide if each is HOT or NOT. Some of the topics include... Verbolten at Busch Gardens WIlliamsburg Cars Land at Disney California Adventure Cedar Fair over the las...

On the week's show, we have one of the first on-site reviews of the new CARS LAND at Disney California Adventure. You'll hear about the rich detail of the new land as well as reviews of all three attractions! And then we have a question for you. If you took everyone who listened to the Coaster Radio podcast and put them in a giant room... what would you get. EB might have a snarky comment here......

For this week's show, we hope you brought your appetites. Because we're going to talk about some of the greatest places on earth to eat and drink... Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Some of the most renowned chefs on earth work at the various Disney Resorts... cooking up tasty dishes and unbelievable pastries to tempt the theme park tourist. To help us with our Culinary Conversation, we'll be joi...

This week's episode is sort-of a sequel to last week's show. And, in the tradition of Star Wars , we've given this episode a very special title. Last week, we got into a big discussion about the relationship between George Lucas and the Walt Disney Company. We wondered why Disney hasn't done whatever it needs to get Mr. Lucas to agree to building a gigantic (Potter-defeating) land or park based on...

For the next few weeks, Disney's Hollywood Studios is being over run with Jedi Knights, Sith Lords, Wookies, Droids, Bounty Hunters and a bunch of other characters from "a galaxy far, far away." "Star Wars Weekends" is the hot ticket at Walt Disney World and it seems to be more popular than ever. With the Boy Wizard making so much noise down the street at Universal Orlando, we want to know why Dis...

On this week's show, Mike heads to Williamsburg, Virginia to take on Busch Gardens' newest roller coaster - Verbolten! Verbolten isn't your typical roller coaster. It's an immersive thematic attraction that sends passengers twisting and turning through the forbidden Black Forest. There are a ton of great surprises and some of the most detailed theming Busch Gardens has ever done. Throughout the sh...

The very first episode of our podcast was on April 25, 2005. We spent that first show looking ahead at all of the new attractions that would be opening at theme parks across the country in 2005. Reviewing the new attractions for the upcoming summer has become an annual tradition here at the show and this year is no different. This week, we take a look ahead at 12 new rides and attractions that wil...